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Duke of Westminster

Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Summary

Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	Dukedom of Westminster
image	[[File:Coat of Arms of the Duke of Westminster without Order of Garter.svg	240px]]
caption	Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Portcullis with chains pendant Or on a Chief of the last between two united Roses of York and Lancaster a Pale charged with the Arms of King Edward the Confessor (City of Westminster); 2nd and 3rd, Azure a Garb Or (Grosvenor).
creation_date	27 February 1874
monarch	Queen Victoria
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
first_holder	Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster
present_holder	Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster
heir_apparent	None
remainder_to	1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
subsidiary_titles	Marquess of Westminster
Earl Grosvenor
Viscount Belgrave
Baron Grosvenor
Baronet, of Eaton
family_seat	Eaton Hall and Abbeystead House
motto	VIRTUS NON STEMMA
(Virtue, not ancestry)

Earl Grosvenor Viscount Belgrave Baron Grosvenor Baronet, of Eaton (Virtue, not ancestry)

Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the British royal family.

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Dukes were each grandsons of the first. The present holder of the title is Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke, who inherited the dukedom on 9 August 2016 on the death of his father, Gerald. The present duke is a godfather of Prince George of Wales.

The Duke of Westminster's seats are at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, and at Abbeystead House, Lancashire. The family's London town house was Grosvenor House, Park Lane, while Halkyn Castle was built as a sporting lodge for the family in the early 1800s. The traditional burial place of the Dukes is the Old Churchyard adjacent to St Mary's Church, Eccleston.

History of the Grosvenor family

Richard Grosvenor was created Baronet of Eaton in January 1622. Sir Richard Grosvenor, the 7th Baronet, was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761, and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave (Belgrave, Cheshire) and Earl Grosvenor under George III. The title Marquess of Westminster was bestowed upon Robert Grosvenor, the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, at the coronation of William IV in 1831.

In 1677 Sir Thomas Grosvenor wed Mary Davies. Her dowry included 500 acre to the west of what was then the boundary of London.

The subsidiary titles are: Marquess of Westminster (created 1831), Earl Grosvenor (1784), Viscount Belgrave, of Belgrave in the County of Chester (1784), and Baron Grosvenor, of Eaton in the County of Chester (1761). The Dukedom and Marquessate are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the rest are in the Peerage of Great Britain. The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir to the Duke is Earl Grosvenor.

Grosvenor Baronets, of Eaton (1622)

Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1584–1645) was an MP
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1604–1664), a son of the 1st Baronet
- Roger Grosvenor (c. 1628–1661), a son of the 2nd Baronet, predeceased his father
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1656–1700), son of Roger
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1689–1732), eldest son of the 3rd Baronet, died without issue
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693–1733), second son of the 3rd Baronet, died unmarried
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (1695–1755), third and youngest son of the 3rd Baronet
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet (1731–1802) (created Baron Grosvenor in 1761)

Barons Grosvenor (1761)

Created by George III of Great Britain	#	Name
(lifespan)	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles	1st
Richard Grosvenor
(1731–1802)	1761–1802	Henrietta Vernon	Later created Earl Grosvenor	—

Earls Grosvenor (1784)

Created by George III of Great Britain	#	Name
(lifespan)	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles	1st	2nd
Richard Grosvenor
(1731–1802)	1784–1802	Henrietta Vernon	Already Baron Grosvenor	Viscount Belgrave, Baron Grosvenor
Robert Grosvenor
(1767–1845)	1802–1845	Eleanor Egerton	Son of the preceding, later created Marquess of Westminster

Marquesses of Westminster (1831)

Garter banner]] of [[Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster

Created by William IV of the United Kingdom	#	Name
(lifespan)	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles	1st	2nd	3rd
Robert Grosvenor
(1767–1845)	1831–1845	Eleanor Egerton	Already Earl Grosvenor	Earl Grosvenor
Viscount Belgrave
Baron Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor
(1795–1869)	1845–1869	Elizabeth Leveson-Gower	Son of the preceding
Hugh Grosvenor
(1825–1899)	1869–1899	Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower	Son of the preceding, later created Duke of Westminster

Jockey Colours of Duke of Westminster

Dukes of Westminster (1874)

Created by Queen Victoria	#	Name
(lifespan)	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Hugh Grosvenor
(1825–1899)	1874–1899	Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
Katherine Cavendish	Already Marquess of Westminster	Marquess of Westminster
Earl Grosvenor
Viscount Belgrave
Baron Grosvenor
Hugh Grosvenor
(1879–1953)	1899–1953	Constance Cornwallis-West
Violet Nelson
Loelia Ponsonby
Anne Sullivan	Grandson of the preceding
William Grosvenor
(1894–1963)	1953–1963	unmarried	Son of the second son of the first duke
Gerald Grosvenor
(1907–1967)	1963–1967	Sally Perry	Son of the third son of the first duke
Robert Grosvenor
(1910–1979)	1967–1979	Viola Lyttelton	Brother of the preceding
Gerald Grosvenor
(1951–2016)	1979–2016	Natalia Phillips	Son of the preceding
Hugh Grosvenor
()	since 2016	Olivia Henson	Son of the preceding

Line of succession

There is no heir to the Dukedom of Westminster. The Earl of Wilton is heir presumptive to the Marquessate, and would succeed as the 10th Marquess.

[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|30px]] Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (1749–1814)
- Lady Eleanor Egerton (1770–1846) m. [[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|30px]] Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767–1845)
  - [[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|30px]] Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795–1869)
    - [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|30px]] Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825–1899)
      - Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1853–1884)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|30px]] Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953)
      - Lord Henry George Grosvenor (1861–1914)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|30px]] William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (1894–1963)
      - Lord Hugh William Grosvenor (1884–1914)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|30px]] Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1907–1967)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|30px]] Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910–1979)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|30px]] Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951–2016)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|30px]] Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (born 1991)
  - [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|30px]] Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801–1883)
    - [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|30px]] Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (1834–1918)
      - [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|30px]] Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury (1883–1932)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|30px]] Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury (1914–1957)
        
        [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|30px]] (1). Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury (born 1934)
        
        (2) Julian Francis Martin Grosvenor, Viscount Grey de Wilton (born 1959)
        
        The Hon. William Wellesley Grosvenor (1942–2002)
        
        (3) Alexander Egerton Grosvenor (born 1968)
        
        (4) The Hon. Richard Alexander Grosvenor (born 1946)
        
        (5) Bendor Robert Gerard Grosvenor (born 1977)
        
        The Hon. Hugh Richard Grosvenor (1919–2002)
        
        (6) William Peter Wellesley Grosvenor (born 1959)

Family tree

References

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[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n211/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900]
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(2019). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage". Debrett's.
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